Duke Energy Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:DUK)

Duke Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DUK."

Duke Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.945 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $3.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. View Duke Energy's Dividend History.

Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November, 8th. The utilities provider reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.69 by $0.10. The utilities provider earned $6.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.24 billion. Duke Energy had a return on equity of 8.02% and a net margin of 13.23%. Duke Energy's quarterly revenue was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.65 EPS. View Duke Energy's Earnings History.

Duke Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Duke Energy.

Duke Energy issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, November, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.95-5.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.96.

8 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Duke Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $88.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect Duke Energy's stock price to reach $94.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Duke Energy.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Duke Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 7 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Duke Energy.

Media stories about DUK stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Duke Energy earned a news sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Duke Energy.

Duke Energy saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,730,000 shares, an increase of 10.3% from the September 30th total of 9,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,670,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.0 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View Duke Energy's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Duke Energy include NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), Portland General Electric (POR), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE) and ALLETE (ALE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Duke Energy investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Pfizer (PFE), Altria Group (MO), Chevron (CVX), Dominion Energy (D), General Electric (GE) and The Coca-Cola (KO).

Duke Energy's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.93%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.80%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.43%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.21%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.19%) and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (0.18%). Company insiders that own Duke Energy stock include Dhiaa M Jamil, Douglas F Esamann, Dwight L Jacobs, E Marie Mckee, Lloyd M Yates, Lynn J Good, Melissa H Anderson and Steven K Young. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Duke Energy.

DUK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sabal Trust CO, Mondrian Investment Partners LTD, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Russell Investments Group Ltd., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Unigestion Holding SA and OLD Republic International Corp. Company insiders that have sold Duke Energy company stock in the last year include Dhiaa M Jamil, Douglas F Esamann, Dwight L Jacobs, E Marie Mckee, Lloyd M Yates, Lynn J Good, Melissa H Anderson and Steven K Young. View Insider Buying and Selling for Duke Energy.

DUK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, California Public Employees Retirement System, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Payden & Rygel, First Trust Advisors LP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Crow Point Partners LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Duke Energy.

Shares of DUK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DUK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.60.

Duke Energy has a market capitalization of $63.83 billion and generates $24.52 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $2.67 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.72 on an earnings per share basis. Duke Energy employs 30,083 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Duke Energy.

The official website for Duke Energy is http://www.duke-energy.com/.

Duke Energy's mailing address is 550 SOUTH TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC, 28202. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 704-382-3853 or via email at [email protected]